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White House Softens Limit
On Sept. 11 Commission

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Joseph Schuman The Wall Street Journal Online

Updated March 9, 2004 5:16 p.m. ET

The White House appeared to give ground today in its dispute with the federal commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a day after President Bush was criticized by Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry for the limits Mr. Bush has placed on his interaction with the commission.

Last week, the commission rejected a White House requirement that only the group's chairman and vice chairman be allowed to meet with Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and that the meetings last no longer than one hour. The...